Poached pears with chocolate and pistachio

Get ready to discover your new favourite dessert, with this poached pears with chocolate and pistachio recipe. You’ll love how the sweetness of the pears contrasts with the creamy chocolate and crunch pistachio nuts. Plus, it’s gluten-free and low in saturated fat

Ingredients (serves 2)

For the poached pears:
25g caster sugar
1 cinnamon sick
300ml water
2 small pears, peeled

For the chocolate sauce:
40g plain chocolate (70% cocoa solids)
50ml light evaporated milk
15g shelled pistachio nuts, roughly chopped

Method

Place the sugar, cinnamon stick and water in a small pan and gently heat to dissolve the sugar. Add the pears, cover and simmer, over a low heat for 20-30 minutes or until the pears are soft.

To make the chocolate sauce, melt the chocolate in a small heatproof bowl over a pan of boiling water, once the chocolate has melted, stir in the evaporated milk.

Remove the pears from the sugar solution, slice in half and transfer to a serving dish, drizzle over the chocolate sauce and sprinkle over the pistachio nuts.

Recipe courtesy of American Pistachios